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The Reviews. Episode 16 – The Symbaroum Starter Set

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Tom and Michael discuss and review the new Symbaroum Starter Set from Free League Press

GM Advice – Modified Skill Challenges

Skill Challenges, as far as I’m aware, first made their appearance in D&D 4e. The idea was to present a challenge to the players that had to be defeated or overcome through use of Skill or Ability Checks checks – almost like a combat encounter, but with less stabbing. So, for example – navigating through …

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GM Advice – The Dice Matter

    The dice matter. There are times when I wish they didn’t, but they do. As a player, I go into most games with the goal of rolling dice the least amount of times possible. If never is an option, that’s what I’m going for. I really enjoy the social aspect of role playing and …

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Dungeon Talk Episode 24 pt2: FATE FTW

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:40 — 27.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHere is part two of our discussion.  We cover a mailbag question about DM’s and players working together to create environments. Enjoy! As always, thanks for listening and comments/feedback are welcomeThanks!! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. …

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Dungeon Talk: Episode 10 – Is this thing on?

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:05:00 — 59.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello All, Here is Dungeon Talk: Episode 10.  The title comes from the fact that we started twice before we were actually recording (once for about 45 minutes . . .) and then on take 3 we started …

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Live Play Podcast – Coming Soon!

Hello all, Evan and I have been working toward recording our D&D Games and then posting them on the site.  Our current issue has been the audio quality. We play in my basement which is unfinished so it’s cavernous and does not have very good acoustics.  On top of that, the furnace kicks on and …

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The Random-izer

The Random-izer The First thing you need to know about the Random-izer is that I, Michael AKA-Mumbles, roll 2d20’s for everything when I play. I haven’t “always” done this, but I have done it for a very long time.  Psychologically I think my dice roll better when I do this. I always use two different …

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Dungeon Talk Episode 5: More than Necessary

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:33 — 51.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSMichael and I took vacations and just got back this week so we recorded and will resume our weekly game this Monday.  We had another guest with us this week.  His name is Jared and he recently joined …

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House Rule: The Matrix – Just the basics

Morpheus: Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. You would create the Matrix by having each of your Players roll a stat in turn using whatever method you would normally use.  You would record them in order going left to right (row 1). Once you …

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House Rule: The Matrix – An Alternative method for starting PC stats

The Matrix   One of the topics Evan and I plan on covering in an upcoming Dungeon Talk Episode is starting a new game. We believe that our audience will mostly be made up of newer Players and newer DM’s, so we wanted to give some thoughts on getting started. This article will cover an …

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